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Talina O.C1Kwiziq community member

When to use the partitive article?Quand j'ai envie de la viande— This was my answer to one of the writing exercises. I wrote de la, the correct answer omitted the la. The prompt was—When I want meat...Despite reading the other items in the the discussion, it still is not clear to me whether or not to use the article. It is my understanding that de la or du are partitive articles and one is required if you’re not using a definite article in most cases. I can see a relationship to the the negation pattern. I have no bread—Je n’ai pas de pain. This usage is merely something I think that I have memorized. I can’t actually explain the grammar points involved. Please clarify. Thank you!

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Jorge Z.A2Kwiziq community member

Use of depuis with Passe Compose?

Based on the lesson ¨Using depuis (since/for) with Le Present and NOT let Passé Composé (prepositions of time)" In a related kwiz I translated the phrase: The Woman in Black has haunted this house for centuries, into : La Dame en Noir hante cette maison depuis des siècles which was incorrect although I used the present tense as stated in the lesson.

The correct form should have been: La Dame en Noir a hanté cette maison depuis des siècles which is using le Passé Composé.

Can someone explain this to me please?

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Maria S.C1Kwiziq community member

Doesn’t amener mean to lead/bring a person or object to a place and emmener means to lead or take a person or object away from a place

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Marc M.C1Kwiziq community member

using le as a pronounI should know this, but can you tell me when using le as a pronoun which comes after the preposition 'de' is the rule that it never becomes' Du'?

I incorrectly did that with the following sentence

Mais quand ma meilleure amie Miriam a décidé de le faire

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Winston K.C1Kwiziq community member

Can ni l'un ni l'autre be used as an object?

In the article we mentioned answering simple questions with "ni l'un ni l'autre" like:

Quel parfum tu veux ? Fraise ou vanille? - Ni l'un ni l'autre.

The "ni l'un ni l'autre" is used to replace "parfum", which is the object of the verb. Are there any instances where ni l'un ni l'autre can be used as a direct object or an indirect object in a full sentence? Thanks!

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Chesca M.A1Kwiziq community member

Dans une ferme

Bonjour!

For the case under Farm, will dans only apply on the word farm or also for other places?

Merci :)

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Mary C.B1Kwiziq community member

How to add accent marks

How do I add accent marks?

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Todd L.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Liked vs. Loved in Passé Composé

To say "I liked spending time with you" which is the correct answer, or can they both be correct?

a) J'ai aimé...

b) J'ai bien aimé...

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Tom A.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

de la Gaule / de Gaule

Why is it 'conquérir le reste de la Gaule' but then just 'les peuples de Gaule'. I think I've seen the same thing with France in sentences - sometimes 'la France', sometimes just 'France'.

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Kay C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is Tahiti and Nouvelle Caledonie missing from this list?

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